{"id":12209,"date":"2025-04-12T00:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/12209\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T00:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:15:13","slug":"rise-in-gold-prices-is-screaming-signal-of-market-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/12209\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise in gold prices is \u2018screaming signal of market fear\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gold prices spiked today (April 11) amid uncertainty over global markets as Donald Trump\u2019s have sparked fresh volatility. <\/p>\n

Prices for the precious metal reached \u00a32,477 per ounce this morning, up more than 8.5 per cent over the past four days. <\/p>\n

Rob Mansfield, financial adviser\u00a0at\u00a0Rootes Wealth Management,\u00a0said the prices were no surprise considering the state of the markets in recent days. <\/p>\n

He said: \u201cEveryone is trying to work out what Trump is going to do next. Markets hate uncertainty and so are either euphoric or despondent based on the latest Truth Social post.<\/p>\n

\u201cGold has a reputation as being a historic store of value so it\u2019s not surprising that people are chasing the price of gold higher.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a week of uncertainty, global markets rallied this week after Trump paused additional trade tariffs<\/a> on most countries except China.<\/p>\n

Tony Redondo,\u00a0founder\u00a0at\u00a0Cosmos Currency Exchange\u00a0called the high gold prices a \u201cscreaming signal of market fear\u201d. <\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWith the dollar tanking, gold is cheaper to buy for non-USD holders, adding fuel to this safe-haven rally.<\/p>\n

\u201cInvestors are spooked and gold is their bunker. If you\u2019re holding, sit tight; if not, a small 3-10 per cent portfolio slice might help shield you from the storm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Anita Wright, financial planner at Bolton James, said despite usually unfavourable conditions for gold, central banks have been stockpiling the metal. <\/p>\n

She said: \u201cIf the penny has not dropped for retail investors and institutions, it should. <\/p>\n

\u201cThose in the know, namely the central banks, are, through their actions, signalling a lack of confidence in the current monetary system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wright explained that as uncertainty continues to grow and momentum builds, it is likely that retail investors will begin to engage, further fuelling the rise in gold prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not forget that gold has rallied despite traditionally unfavourable conditions: high Treasury yields, elevated interest rates, a relatively strong US dollar, and positive real interest rates,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cHistorically, these factors have acted as headwinds for gold\u2014yet, remarkably, it has still reached record levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

With thanks to the Newspage community for sharing their thoughts with FTAdviser.<\/strong><\/p>\n

tara.o\u2019connor@ft.com<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your view?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have your say in the comments section below or email us: ftadviser.newsdesk@ft.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gold prices spiked today (April 11) amid uncertainty over global markets as Donald Trump\u2019s have sparked fresh volatility.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3091],"tags":[51,1700,8370,2441,554,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-12209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-markets","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-ft-adviser","11":"tag-markets","12":"tag-trump-tariffs","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114322114829611820","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}